Background: Insect-resistant transgenic plants that express insecticidal Cry proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are grown on millions of hectares worldwide. While these proteins are efficient in controlling key lepidopteran pests, not all pests are affected and the development of resistance in target pests is always a concern. These shortcomings could be addressed by exploiting the natural insect resistance of cotton, especially inducible terpenoids such as gossypol.
Results: To assess the potential of gossypol in supplementing Cry proteins as a resistance trait, we conducted a range of feeding assays with Spodoptera littoralis using artificial diet with defined amounts of Cry proteins and gossypol. This was supplemented by assays with leaf discs of induced and uninduced non-Bt and Bt cotton (expressing Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab). Additionally, we quantified Cry proteins and cotton terpenoids to describe the interactions in planta. We found that gossypol can increase the efficacy of Cry proteins in artificial diet in an additive way. Induced production of gossypol and other cotton terpenoids, however, did not increase the efficacy of Bt cotton owing to the strong impact of the Bt trait.
Conclusion: Cotton terpenoids may offer the chance to supplement the insect resistance of Bt cotton in cases were the pest is not strongly affected by the Cry proteins. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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